Bukovska Vas (; , Österreichische Urbare, III. Abteilung: Urbare geistlicher Grundherrschaften, 3. Band: Die mittelalterlichen Stiftsurbare Kärntens. 1968. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, p. 201.Weiss, Norbert. 2002. Das Städtewesen der ehemaligen Untersteiermark im Mittelalter: vergleichende Analyse von Quellen zur Rechts-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte. Graz : Im Selbstverlag der Historischen Landeskommission für Steiermark, pp. 108, 303.) is a settlement on the left bank of the Mislinja River in the Municipality of Dravograd in the Carinthia region in northern Slovenia.Dravograd municipal site It includes the hamlet of Sveta Jedrt (or Sveta Jedert).Savnik, Roman, ed. 1980. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 4. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 18.
Name Bukovska Vas was first mentioned in written sources in 1168 as Půchdorf.Mlinarič, Jože. 1975. "Gospoščina Puhenštanj pri Dravogradu do okoli leta 1600." Kronika: čašopis za slovensko krajevno zgodovino. 23(3): 153–160. Koropec, Jože. 1972. Zemljiške gospoščine med Dravogradom in Maroborom do konca 16. stoletja. Maribor: Obzorja, p. 16.Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 550. The name is interpreted locally as referring to former forests of beech trees () or to large farms where unschooled writers lived ().
History In the 12th century, Bukovska Vas was a possession of St. Paul's Abbey in the Lavant Valley.Kos, Franc, & Milko Kos. 1915. Gradivo za zgodovino Slovencev v srednjem veku, vol. 4. Ljubljana: Leonova družba, pp. i, lxvii. In the 16th century, the settlement belonged to Püchenstein Castle () and it had 15 farms and a mill along the Mislinja River.
Mass grave Bukovska Vas is the site of a mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. The House No. 35 Mass Grave () is located in the woods south of the village. It contains the remains of a number of Croatians murdered in the second half of May 1945.Ferenc, Mitja, & Želimir Kužatko. 2007. Prikrita grobišča Hrvatov v Republiki Sloveniji. Ljubljana: Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino.
Church The church in Bukovska Vas is dedicated to Saint Gertrude (). It was first mentioned in written sources in 1278. It is furnished in the Baroque style and has a late Romanesque rectangular rib-vaulted chancel. A Gothic sculpture of Saint Gertrude dates to circa 1440, and a sculpture of the Lamb of God in a side niche to circa 1300.
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External links Bukovska Vas on Geopedia